=Adam=, the book of, Sibylline chronicle, quoted, =2=, 462. =Adam Kadmon=, Kabbalistic term, the original man, =5=, 121, 143. =Adamantius=, apostate Jew in Alexandria, =2=, 619. =Adams, Hannah=, history of the Jews by, =5=, 593. =Adarsa=, the battle of, won by Judas Maccabæus, =1=, 485. =Adath Jeshurun=, the body of advanced Jews in Amsterdam, innovations of, =5=, 457. =Aden=, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, =3=, 436. =Adher-Baijan= (Aserbeidsan), Samuel Ibn-Abbas in, =3=, 442. =Adher-Baijan, the Jews of=, in the twelfth century, =3=, 430-33. urged to join David Alrui, =3=, 431. followers of David Alrui, =3=, 433. =Adiabene=, description of, =2=, 216. the nobles of, conspire against Izates, =2=, 217-18. the people of, friendly to the Judæans, =2=, 219. in alliance with the Zealots, =2=, 256. the royal house of, aids Judæa against Rome, =2=, 264. the princes of, the only Judæan insurgents spared by Rome, =2=, 311. conquered by Trajan, =2=, 393-4. laid waste by Severus, =2=, 464. =Adido=, Simon Tharsi assembles his forces at, =1=, 500. =Adiya=, father of the poet Samuel, =3=, 68. =Adnan=, ancestor of the Arabs, =3=, 61. =Adolph of Nassau=, emperor, refuses to surrender Meïr of Rothenburg’ s body, =4=, 35. war of, with Albrecht, =4=, 35. death of, =4=, 36. =Adonijah=, son of David, opposes Absalom, =1=, 135. rebels, =1=, 151-4. supporters of, =1=, 152. royal display of, =1=, 152. Nathan opposed to, =1=, 153. acknowledged king, =1=, 153. pays homage to Solomon, =1=, 154. killed, =1=, 160. =Adonim.= _See_ Dunash ben Labrat. =Adoniram=, superintendent of the building of the first Temple, =1=, 163, 172. accompanies Rehoboam to Shechem, =1=, 181. killed, =1=, 182. =Adonis=, Baal of the Phœnicians, =1=, 54. statue of, worshiped at Bethlehem, =2=, 422. =Adora=, Idumæan fortress, demolished by John Hyrcanus, =2=, 8. =Adoyot=, the oldest Mishna compilation, =2=, 343, 460. =Adraat=, chief town of Batanæa, =3=, 77. Benu-Nadhir settle in, =3=, 79. =Adrammelech=, son of Sennacherib, murders him, =1=, 280. =Adramyttium=, treasure-house in, for the half-Shekel contributions, =2=, 53. =Adrianople=, Karaites move to, =4=, 269. the Spanish exiles in, =4=, 405. Joseph Karo at, =4=, 557. Sabbataï Zevi at, =5=, 154-66. Nathan Ghazati at, =5=, 158-9, 161. Sabbatians of, devoted to Sabbataï, =5=, 163. Cardoso at, =5=, 207. Sabbatians in, =5=, 210. =Adrianople, the Jews of=, divided into national groups, =4=, 478. consider trading with Pesaro, =4=, 579. =Adullam=, David at, =1=, 116. =Adultery=, ritual for suspected cases of, abolished, =2=, 238. laws against, inviolate, =2=, 424. “=Advice= to the Representatives of the People,” by Van Swieden, against the emancipation of the Dutch Jews, =5=, 453-4.